Saed News: Follow along for the recipe of a delicious and festive Iranian Tahchin.
According to the Saed News cooking section, the video you watched was selected from Navab Ebrahimi’s YouTube channel. This dish is made with ghee, which gives it an incredible aroma. However, you can use any oil of your choice.
Ingredients for Green Bean Rice with Tahchin Layer (serves 6):
Green Bean Rice Sauce:
Onion: 1, finely chopped
Ghee: 2 tablespoons
Sauté the onion well, then cut 300 g of red meat into small cubes and add it to the onion along with the following spices:
Cinnamon: 2 teaspoons
Turmeric: 1 teaspoon
Salt and black pepper
Continue frying everything for another 10 minutes. If you feel it’s starting to burn, add a splash of water. After 10 minutes, pour in boiling water and let it simmer on low heat with the lid on for 1 hour.
Meanwhile, chop the green beans, sauté them in 1 tablespoon of ghee for 4–5 minutes, then add 7–8 pureed (or grated) tomatoes and let this mixture cook for 1 hour as well. After that, combine the meat sauce and bean-tomato sauce and let them boil together for 10 minutes. Your sauce is ready.
Tahchin (Crispy Layered Rice Cake):
Parboil 5 cups of rice and let it cool. To parboil: cook the rice in salted boiling water for about 7–8 minutes, then drain and rinse briefly with cold water.
For the yellow Tahchin sauce:
2 egg yolks
1 small bowl of thick saffron yogurt
Cinnamon water (or cardamom water or rosewater): 5 tablespoons
Ghee: 3 tablespoons
